http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/ Engadget Comments for PVI to buy E Ink for $215 million http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/I can't even imagine how great it'd be to have all my manga and ebooks on the go.
No more trips to the library either. ]]>Jun 1st 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/
]]>Jun 1st 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/We don't have that many left.

Let me go check my wallet first. I might have some--
Oh crap.]]>Jun 1st 2009 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/
I also wasn't too worried about finding books for it since there are many places to find *cough* "free" versions of many popular books online...]]>Jun 1st 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/
It could be they view this as a "stop-gap" technology until other screen methods can mimic the readability as well as perform like standard backlit displays. If that is the case they may be cashing out while they can, but I still disagree with the sale.]]>Jun 1st 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/
I'm sure there are many cases where US companies have bought out overseas innovators, too.

I was thinking about complaining that this reduces competition, but in fact it doesn't; before this there was (as I understand it) basically no competition for e-ink displays anyway.]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/
Non-US countries are smarter though. You don't see too many US companies owning businesses outside the US. Not anymore at least.]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/The only time it's bad is if almost all the companies in your country are foreign-owned and the companies basically strip away natural resources and charge insane prices because of a lack of competition...but that doesn't apply to most cases.
Quit being paranoid.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 3rd 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/Jun 1st 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/No this will do NOTHING to the price.]]>Jun 1st 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/pvi-to-buy-e-ink-for-215-million/But simply put China has too many resources (Both material and man.) to be anything but a world leader. The only reason they haven't yet is one they are trying to put a square peg into a round hole with simply brute force. Look at the Three Gorges Dam project? Look at polution in Beijing. Too damn fast. And the result is going to be a mess. Also they have no freaking clue what to do with inland cities and resources that are being ignored for massive development for the coastal cities\region. I fully expect another uprising within 10 years as people in the poorer parts of China realize that other parts are getting massive preferential treatment. Once that settles....they are going to be a massive force to deal with.
Which is why for 8 years I've looked at Bush as some tard who is so preoccupied with some shiny quarter on the ground that he's missing the semi barreling down on him. Lets see if Obama can hear the horn honking at him. The problem with him is that he has almost a decade of a disaster to clean up, thank you Shrug, before we can really "deal" with China. (Which in a way we are with trying to get schools to a level that doesn't suck butt, modernize our infrastructure, and actually have foreign relations.)

We'll see what happens. *shrugs* Meanwhile loosing a single company to another country is the least of our worries. Its like getting preoccupied with a pin prick while your hand has been cut off and its hemmoraging badly. Now if there are enough pin pricks, yah. Deal with it.
But for now. Auto industry anyone?]]>Jun 1st 2009 12:22PM